Mthatha Airport

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Mthatha Airport
IATA: UTT – ICAO: FAUT
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Provincial Government
Serves Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Elevation AMSL 2,429 ft / 740 m
Coordinates 31°32′47″S 028°40′31″E / 31.54639°S 28.67528°E / -31.54639; 28.67528Coordinates: 31°32′47″S 028°40′31″E / 31.54639°S 28.67528°E / -31.54639; 28.67528
Map
FAUT
Location of airport in Eastern Cape province
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 2,600 8,530 Asphalt
Sources: South African AIP,[1] IATA[2]

Mthatha Airport[1] (IATA: UTT[2], ICAO: FAUT) is an airport serving Mthatha (formerly Umtata), a town in the Eastern Cape province in South Africa. The airport was previously named K. D. Matanzima Airport after Kaiser Matanzima, a president of the former Transkei.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 2,429 feet (740 m) above mean sea level.[1] It has one asphalt paved runway designed 14/32 which measures 2,600 by 45 metres (8,530 ft × 148 ft).[1] Runway 14/32 was expanded from its previous size of 2,000 by 23 metres (6,562 ft × 75 ft); at that time there was also a grass runway designated 09/27 which measured 1,500 by 30 metres (4,921 ft × 98 ft).[3]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Airlink Johannesburg-OR Tambo

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "FAUT – MTHATHA (K. D. MATANZIMA)" (PDF). South African Civil Aviation Authority. Effective 30 May 2013. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "IATA Airport Code Search (UTT: Umtata / K.D. Matanzima)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved 17 June 2013. 
  3. ↑ "FAUT – MTHATHA (K. D. MATANZIMA)" (PDF). South African Civil Aviation Authority. Effective 7 July 2005. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. 

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